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Current

AFC Champions League Elite

Year	Manager	Nationality	Club	Country	Ref(s)
Asian Champion Club Tournament era (1967–1971)
01967 (1st)	Yosef Merimovich	ISR	Hapoel Tel Aviv (1)	ISR
01969 (2nd)	Yosef Merimovich (2)	ISR	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)	ISR
01970 (3rd)	Zdravko Rajkov	YUG	Taj Tehran (1)	IRN
01971 (4th)	Israel Halivner	ISR	Maccabi Tel Aviv (2)	ISR
Asian Club Championship era (1985–2002)
01985–86 (5th)	Chang Woon-soo	KOR	Daewoo Royals (1)	KOR
01986 (6th)			Furukawa Electric (1)	JPN
01987 (7th)			Yomiuri FC (1)*	JPN
01988–89 (8th)			Al Sadd (1)	QAT
01989–90 (9th)			Liaoning (1)	CHN
01990–91 (10th)	Mansour Pourheidari	IRN	Esteghlal (2)	IRN
01991 (11th)			Al Hilal (1)	KSA
01992–93 (12th)	Firouz Karimi	IRN	PAS Tehran (1)	IRN
01993–94 (13th)			Thai Farmers Bank (1)	THA
01994–95 (14th)			Thai Farmers Bank (2)	THA
01995 (15th)			Ilhwa Chunma (1)	KOR
01996–97 (16th)	Park Sung-hwa	KOR	Pohang Steelers (1)	KOR
01997–98 (17th)	Park Sung-hwa (2)	KOR	Pohang Steelers (2)	KOR
01998–99 (18th)	Takashi Kuwahara	JPN	Júbilo Iwata (1)	JPN
01999–2000 (19th)	Anghel Iordănescu	ROM	Al Hilal (2)	KSA
02000–01 (20th)	Kim Ho	KOR	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1)	KOR
02001–02 (21st)	Kim Ho (2)	KOR	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2)	KOR
AFC Champions League era (2002–2024)
02002–03 (22nd)	Bruno Metsu	FRA	Al Ain (1)	UAE
02004 (23rd)	Dragan Talajić	CRO	Al Ittihad (1)	KSA
02005 (24th)	Anghel Iordănescu (2)	ROM	Al Ittihad (2)	KSA
02006 (25th)	Choi Kang-hee	KOR	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1)	KOR
02007 (26th)	Holger Osieck	GER	Urawa Red Diamonds (1)	JPN
02008 (27th)	Akira Nishino	JPN	Gamba Osaka (1)	JPN
02009 (28th)	Sérgio Farias	BRA	Pohang Steelers (3)	KOR
02010 (29th)	Shin Tae-yong	KOR	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (2)	KOR
02011 (30th)	Jorge Fossati	URU	Al Sadd (1)	QAT
02012 (31st)	Kim Ho-kon	KOR	Ulsan Hyundai (1)	KOR
02013 (32nd)	Marcello Lippi	ITA	Guangzhou Evergrande (1)	CHN
02014 (33rd)	Tony Popovic	AUS	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	AUS
02015 (34th)	Luiz Felipe Scolari	BRA	Guangzhou Evergrande (2)	CHN
02016 (35th)	Choi Kang-hee (2)	KOR	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2)	KOR
02017 (36th)	Takafumi Hori	JPN	Urawa Red Diamonds (2)	JPN
02018 (37th)	Gō Ōiwa	JPN	Kashima Antlers (1)	JPN
02019 (38th)	Răzvan Lucescu	ROM	Al Hilal (3)	KSA
02020 (39th)	Kim Do-hoon	KOR	Ulsan Hyundai (2)	KOR
02021 (40th)	Leonardo Jardim	POR	Al Hilal (4)	KSA
02022 (41st)	Maciej Skorża	POL	Urawa Red Diamonds (3)	JPN
02023–24 (42nd)	Hernán Crespo	ARG	Al Ain (2)	UAE
AFC Champions League Elite era (2024–present)
02024–25 (43rd)

AFC Champions League Two

Year	Manager	Nationality	Club	Country	Ref(s)
AFC Cup era (2004–2024)
02004 (1st)			Al Jaish (1)	SYR
02005 (2nd)	Branko Smiljanić	SCG	Al Faisaly (1)	JOR
02006 (3rd)	Adnan Hamad	IRQ	Al Faisaly (2)	JOR
02007 (4th)	Nizar Mahrous	SYR	Shabab Al Ordon (1)	JOR
02008 (5th)			Al Muharraq (1)	BHR
02009 (6th)	Mohammad Abdullah	KUW	Al Kuwait (1)	KUW
02010 (7th)	Valeriu Tița	ROM	Al Ittihad (1)	SYR
02011 (8th)	Anatoliy Demyanenko	UKR	Nasaf Qarshi (1)	UZB
02012 (9th)	Marin Ion	ROM	Al Kuwait (2)	KUW
02013 (10th)	Marin Ion (2)	ROM	Al Kuwait (3)	KUW
02014 (11th)	Antonio Puche	ESP	Al Qadsia (1)	KUW
02015 (12th)	Mario Gómez	ARG	Johor Darul Ta'zim (1)	MAS
02016 (13th)	Basim Qasim	IRQ	Al Quwa Al Jawiya (1)	IRQ
02017 (14th)	Hussam Al Sayed	SYR	Al Quwa Al Jawiya (2)	IRQ
02018 (15th)	Basim Qasim (2)	IRQ	Al Quwa Al Jawiya (3)	IRQ
02019 (16th)	Bassem Marmar	LBN	Al Ahed (1)	LBN
02020 (17th)
02021 (18th)	Isa Sadoon Al Hamdani	BHR	Al Muharraq (2)	BHR
02022 (19th)	Rashid Jaber	OMA	Al Seeb (1)	OMA
02023–24 (20th)	Mark Jackson	ENG	Central Coast Mariners (1)	AUS
AFC Champions League Two era (2024–present)
02024–25 (21st)

AFC Challenge League

Year	Manager	Nationality	Club	Country	Ref(s)
AFC President's Cup era (2005–2014)
02005 (1st)	Makhmadjon Khabibulloev	TJK	Regar TadAZ (1)	TJK
02006 (2nd)	Boris Podkorytov	KGZ	Dordoi Bishkek (1)	KGZ
02007 (3rd)	Boris Podkorytov (2)	KGZ	Dordoi Bishkek (2)	KGZ
02008 (4th)	Makhmadjon Khabibulloev (2)	TJK	Regar TadAZ (2)	TJK
02009 (5th)	Makhmadjon Khabibulloev (3)	TJK	Regar TadAZ (3)	TJK
02010 (6th)	Yoan Girard (1)	FRA	Yadanarbon (1)	MYA
02011 (7th)	Chen Kuei-jen (1)	TPE	Taipower (1)	TPE
02012 (8th)	Nikola Kavazović (1)	SRB	Istiklol (1)	TJK
02013 (9th)	Rahim Kurbanmamedov (1)	TKM	Balkan (1)	TKM
02014 (10th)	Begench Garayev (1)	TKM	HTTU Aşgabat (1)	TKM
AFC Challenge League era (2024–present)
02024–25 (11th)

Defunct

Asian Cup Winners' Cup (1990–2002)

Year	Manager	Nationality	Club	Country	Ref(s)
01990–91 (1st)	Ali Parvin	IRN	Persepolis (1)	IRN
01991–92 (2nd)			Nissan Motor (1)	JPN
01992–93 (3rd)			Yokohama Marinos (2)	JPN
01993–94 (4th)	Ján Pivarník	SVK	Al Qadsiah (1)	KSA
01994–95 (5th)			Yokohama Flügels (2)	JPN
01995 (6th)	Shigeharu Ueki	JPN	Bellmare Hiratsuka (1)	JPN
01996–97 (7th)	Mirko Jozić	CRO	Al Hilal (1)	KSA
01997–98 (8th)	Dušan Uhrin	CZE	Al Nassr (1)	KSA
01998–99 (9th)	Dimitri Davidovic	BEL	Al Ittihad (1)	KSA
01999–2000 (10th)	Steve Perryman	ENG	Shimizu S-Pulse (1)	JPN
02000–01 (11th)			Al Shabab (1)	KSA
02001–02 (12th)	Artur Jorge	POR	Al Hilal (2)	KSA

Asian Super Cup (1995–2002)

Year	Manager	Nationality	Club	Country	Ref(s)
01995 (1st)			Yokohama Flügels (1)	JPN
01996 (2nd)	Lee Jang-soo	KOR	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma (1)	KOR
01997 (3rd)			Al Hilal (1)	KSA
01998 (4th)	José Dutra	BRA	Al Nassr (1)	KSA
01999 (5th)	Takashi Kuwahara	JPN	Júbilo Iwata (1)	JPN
02000 (6th)	Ilie Balaci	ROM	Al Hilal (2)	KSA
02001 (7th)	Kim Ho	KOR	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1)	KOR
02002 (8th)	Kim Ho (2)	KOR	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2)	KOR